Ada Pradhaman

Prepare Time                     15 min
Cook Time                         20 min
Serve                                  6

Ingredients For ada
Fresh Rice Powder                    200gms
Sugar                                        1/2 cup              
Ghee                                       1tsp
Small Plantain Leaves             6   
Method
Place the  plantain leaves directly on the gas and make them tender.
Add rice flour, sugar and ghee make a dough not too thick not too thin.
Sprinkle the dough with your hand on the leaves.
Roll the leaves and tie them both sides with thread.
Drop them in boiling water for 20 minutes.
Remove them and put them in cold water and keep them in strainer.
Cut the Adas into small.pieces
(You can buy in Indian stores)
Ada Pradhaman

Ingredients

Ada              1cup 
Jaggery                        1/2 kilo
Coconut                          2
Cardamom Powder            1tsp
Coconut Pieces            2tbsp
Cashew Nuts                 2tbsp.
Method

Grate the coconut and extract the milk Melt the jaggery
Fry the adas by adding ghee for few minutes.
Add the jaggery to the adas and boil for ten minutes.
Add the coconut milk and mix it well.
When the  mixture is about to boil, remove from the flame.
Add cardamom powder and roasted cashew nuts and coconut pieces.

Chakka koottu (Jack Fruit Curry)

Prepare time          10 min
Cook Time              20 min
Serve                      5

Ingredients

Chakka Koottu

Chakka pieces                  2 cups
Grated Coconut                1cup
Red Chili                          2
Turmeric Powder            1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds                    1tsp
Rice                                1tsp
Mustard Seeds               1tsp
Urad Dhal                       2 tsp
Curry Leaves                   few
Salt to taste.
Method
Cut the chakka pieces into small.
Heat a pan with water add the chakka pieces.
Add turmeric and salt, cook till it becomes tender.
Grind the coconut,chili cumin seed and rice into a paste.
Heat a pan with oil, add mustard, 2 tsp coconut, urad dhal and curry leaves.
When mustard  crackles add to the koottu and mix well.

Navaratri Naivedyam Bonda

Ulundu Bonda

Bonda

Ingredients

Urad dhal                            1 cup
Green Chili                         1
Coconut Flakes                 2  tbsp.
Black Pepper corns            1 tsp
Rice Flour                            1 tbsp.
Curry leaves                       few
Salt to Taste
Method

Grind the urad dhal, chili and salt into a fine paste with little water.
Add pepper and coconut and mix well.
Heat a pan with oil.
Take little batter make a ball and drop in the hot oil
Fry them golden brown.
I make this for Navaratri as prasadam.

Chakka Eriseri(Traditional Jack Fruit Curry)

Chakka Eriseri(Traditional Jack Fruit Curry)

Chakka Koottu

Prepare Time                  10min         
Cook time                         10 min
Serve                                5
 Ingredients
Chakka                            1/2 kg
Grated Coco                   1 cup
Red Chilies                      2
Jeera(Cumin Seeds         1/2 tsp

For Seasoning

Grated Coconut.              2tbsp

Mustard Seeds                1tsp
Jeera(Cumin Seeds.)      1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves few
Method

(Raw) jack fruit seed is removed from the thin outer part of chakka.  

Cut these into small pieces. Boil 3cups of water adding chakka pieces and turmeric and salt.

Grind the grated coconut. chili and jeera,  

When the chakka is cooked add the ground paste and stir it well.

Heat a pan with little oil, add grated coconut, mustard seeds jeera and curry leaves. 

When the coconut become red add to the chakka eriseri. This curry is very tasty.

Serve with rice.

I tried with the frozen raw jack fruit and the chakka eriseri came out very well..

Olan

Olan

Olan is a Kerala recipe. It is very simple recipe. This is one of the curries for festival days in Kerala.

• Prepare Time.......................10 min
• Cook time..............................10 min
• Serve.....................................4
• Ingredients

Olan

• White Pumpkin.(Elavan)Chopped into pieces)...........1cup
• Yellow pumpkin.(Mathan)Chopped into pieces).........1cup
• Black Eyed Peas (van Payaru)...................................1/2 cup
• Green Chilies(Slit).....................................................4
• Grated Coconut........................................................1/2cup
• Coconut Oil..............................................................1tbsp
• Curry Leaves............................................................few
• Salt to taste

Method

• Soak the black eyed peas into water for 5 hours.
• Extract coconut milk by grinding the grated coconut. (half cup thick milk and half cup thin milk)
• Boil the vegetables and black eyed peas with thin milk. 
• When the vegetables are cooked add salt and thick coconut milk,coconut oil and curry leaves.
• Mix well. 

Olan

Olan

Olan is a Kerala recipe. It is very simple recipe. This is one of the curries for festival days in Kerala.

Ingredients

Olan

.(Elavan)Chopped into pieces)   1cup
.(Mathan)Chopped into pieces)         1cup
Black Eyed Peas                    1/2 cup
Green Chilies(Slit)                   4
Grated Coconut                       1/2cup
Coconut Oil                              1tbsp

Curry Leaves                              Few

Salt to taste
Method
Soak the black eyed peas into water for 5 hours.
Extract coconut milk by grinding the grated coconut. (half cup thick milk and half cup thin milk)
Boil the vegetables and black eyed peas with thin milk. 
When the vegetables are cooked add salt and thick coconut milk,coconut oil and curry leaves.
Mix well. 

Elevan Pachadi ( White Pumpkin Raita)

Pachadi is an important element of the Sadya and festive occasions (Vishu, Onam, wedding)

 Ingredients

• Chopped White Pumpkin....................1 cup
• Yogurt................................................1 cup
• Mustard seeds....................................1 tsp
• Red Chili............................................1
• Grated Coconut...................................1/2 cup
• Green Chili.............................................2

Method

• Boil little water and add the eleven pieces and salt. Remove the water.
• Grind the  grated coconut with one chili and half tsp mustard seeds.
• Add this with yogurt and cooked eleven pieces.
• Heat a pan with ad mustard seeds and broken chili.
• When it splutters add to the yogurt with cooked eleven pieces.
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Potato Bajjias

• Prepare Time...10 min
• Cook Time.......10
• Serve.................5

Potato Bhajjias

Ingredients

• Begal Gram flour.(Besan)......................... 1cup
• Rice Flour.................................................1tsp
• Red Chili Powder......................................1tsp
• Asafetida...................................................a pinch
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Mix the flours chili, asafetida, salt with little water make a thick batter
• Slice the potao thin
• Heat a pan with oil, dip the potato slice in the batter and drop in the oil.
• Deep fry them till golden
• Serve with chutney

Pinapple Pachadi

Pinapple Pachadi

Pinappale Pachadi

• Prepare Time.....................5 min
• Cook Time.........................5 min
• Serve...............................3

Ingredients

• Ripe Pineapple Pieces.......................2cups
• Grated Coconut................................1cup
• Red Chili..........................................4
• Turmeric Powder..............................1/4tsp
• Mustard ...........................................1tsp
• Curry Leaves......................................few
• Salt to Taste
  

Method

• Boil pineapple, with turmeric and salt in 1/2cup water.
• Grind coconut with dried 2 chilies to a fine paste.
• Heat a pan with oil with mustard seeds red chilies (broken and curry leaves.
• When it splutters add pineapple pieces and coconut paste.
• The gravy should be thick and cover for 3 minutes in a low flame.
• This is a sweet side dish.
• Usually this dish would be one of the items in Sadya
  

Elai Vadam ( Vathal)

Elai vadam is one of favorite things of my grandchild. So I make this vadam very often,

 Ingredients

Elai Vadam

• Raw rice..........1 cup
• Boiled rice......1/cup
• Salt to taste.

Method

• Soak the rice for an hour and grind it into a smooth paste
• Take the vadam sheets , apply oil and spread one tsp batter.
• Steam them peel and dry them in shade.

Elavan Koottu (White Pumpkin Koottu)

Elavan Koottu

• Prepare Time.........................5min
• Cook Time................................10 min
• Serve........................................5

Ingredients

• Elavan ( white Pumpkin)............1/2 KG
• Grated Coconut.....................1 and half cup
• Chana Dhal...........................1/2 cup
• Cumin Seed..........................1tsp
• Red Chili................................2
• Mustard Seed........................1tsp
• Urad Dhal..............................2tsp
• Curry Leaves.........................few
• Turmeric Powder...................1/2tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Wash, peel the skin and cut the elavan into small pieces.
• Boil water, add the pieces, chana dhal and turmeric powder.
• Grind the coconut, cumin seeds and red chili into a paste.
• When the vegetable is cooked add the coconut paste and salt.
• Mix them well.Kootu should be thick. 
• If there is excess water, remove the water before adding the coconut paste.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal, 3tsp of coconut and curry leaves.
• When the coconut turns into red , add this to the kootu. 
• It is very tasty and eat with sambar rice, rasam rice, chapathi or poori

Potato Podimas

Potato Podimas



 







Prepare Time..............5 min
Cook Time...................10 min
Serve...........................5

Ingredients

• Potato ..............................1 kg
• Coconut ...........................half cup
• Green Chilies................... 4
• Curry Leaves......... ...........few
• Ginger(Chopped)..... ........1tsp
• Mustard Seeds................ 1 tsp
• Chana Dhal........................2 tsp
• Oil .................................3 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Boil the potato and remove the skin. Mash them nicely. 
• Grind coconut and chilies coarsely. 
• Heat a pan with of oil. Add mustard and chana dhal. 
• When the dhal becomes red, add the mashed potato, coconut, ginger and salt.
• Mix well and lastly add the curry leaves

Tomato Rice

Tomato rice is the easiest recipe to prepare.I prepare this recipe most of the time.

• Prepared Time.......15 minutes
• Cook Time..............20 min
• Serve ......................5

Ingredients

• Cooked Rice....................4cups
• Turmeric Powder,..............1/2 tsp
• Tomato.............................2
• Green Chili.......................5
• Red Chili Powder............. 1tsp
• Asafoetida..........................1tsp 
• Corinader Leaves...............little
• Sambar Powder................1/2 tsp
• Mustard Seeds...................1tsp
• Chana Dhal........................2tsp

Salt to taste

Tomato Rice

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds and chana dhal.
• When it crackles add chopped tomatoes, green chili,
• Add turmeric, red chili powder  and sambar powder.
• When the tomatoes cooked add the rice, salt and mix.
• Sprinkle coriander leaves.
• serve with vadam/ pappadams.